[Python-Dev] Adding Optik to 2.3 standard library (original) (raw)

Fred L. Drake, Jr. fdrake@acm.org
Fri, 12 Apr 2002 13:25:55 -0400

Patrick K. O'Brien writes:

How about "cloptions"? (cl for command line)

Guido van Rossum writes:

Yeah, on the other hand, we've got other modules with kewl names. I'm pretty neutral. "options" sounds reasonable (unless you realize that the concept of options is a lot wider than command line options).

The breadth of meaning for the word "options" is why I don't like that name. "optik" doesn't mean a thing to me either. Perhaps "cli" for "command-line interface"?

-Fred

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